Following the cancelation of the annual Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OTC announces the 2020 recipients of the Spotlight on New Technology Award.

This year, the OTC, which serves as a platform for energy professionals to discuss scientific and technological advancements in the offshore oil and gas industry, is honoring 18 technologies from 14 companies from around the world, including six companies that will be recognized for the Spotlight on Small Business Award.

The Spotlight on New Technology Award recognizes companies that have created new and advanced technologies that propel the offshore oil and gas sector into the future.

Spotlight winners include:

• Advisian Digital, the producer of CAROL
• Baker Hughes, the producer of SureCONNECT Downhole Intelligent Wet-Mate System
• Baker Hughes, the producer of Aptara Lightweight Compact Tree
• Bosch Rexroth, the producer of the High Force and Low Voltage Subsea Valve Actuator (SVA) to enable the implementation of the All Subsea Factory in BROWN Fields
• Dril-Quip Inc., the producer of VXTe Vertical Subsea Tree System
• Halliburton, the producer of Xaminer Magnetic Resonance (XMR™) service
• NOV, the producer of SWIT — Subsea Low Sulphate and Low Salinity Plant
• NOV, the producer of PowerBlade Energy Recovery System
• Schlumberger, the producer of NeoSteer At-bit Steerable System
• Schlumberger, the producer of Ora Intelligent Wireline Formation Testing Platform
• Siemens, the producer of Siemens AM Monitor
• TechnipFMC, the producer of Subsea Power Distribution Station

Spotlight Small Business winners include:

• DarkVision, the producer of HADES-F
• Rocsole Ltd., the producer of Liquid In-Tank Inspection (LITI)
• Rolloos, the producer of Red Zone Service
• Upwing Energy, the producer of Upwing Subsurface Compressor System
• WFS Technologies Ltd., the producer of Seatooth SmartClamp
• WFS Technologies Ltd., the producer of Subsea Cloud Computing Network

“We’re pleased to present this year’s recipients for their outstanding work in our industry,” said Cindy Yeilding, chairperson, OTC Board of Directors. “Their new technologies and services are shaping the way offshore products and services are advancing into the future. We applaud these companies for their hard work and dedication to this field.”

Winning technologies in both categories were selected on the basis of the technologies being new, innovative, proven, interesting and impactful.

More information about the winning technologies can be viewed on OTC’s awards page.

The decision to cancel the annual conference, which was scheduled for May 4-7, was announced on April 2 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.